Overview of the Literary Prophets: Five Main Themes

Literary prophets

Pre-exilic period

587 BCE

“And seek the welfare of the city to which I have exiled you and pray to the LORD in its behalf; for in its prosperity you shall prosper.”

Seventy years

Jeremiah

Nebuchadnezzar / Nebuchadrezzar

New Covenant

First Isaiah (or Isaiah of Jerusalem)

“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Hosts”

“Shoot from the stump of Jesse”

Immanuel

721 BCE

Samaria

12 Minor Prophets

Amos

Hosea

end of days

Day of the Lord

Marriage metaphor

Valley of dry bones

“The parents have eaten sour grapes and the children’s teeth are blunted/set on edge.”

Suffering servant

Second Isaiah (II Isaiah)

Third Isaiah (III Isaiah)

YHWH-alone theology

Cyrus the Great

cult

“staff of my anger”

“anointed one” -